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Tutorial: How to create the Letterpress Effect in Photoshop

September 9, 2013 by admin 8 Comments

Click below to download the PSD template with live text to edit with all the effects applied to the layer.

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The font I’ve used in the file is Pacifico, which you can download from Font Squirrel.

Below is a tutorial run through of how I did it.

 

Letterpress effect in Photoshop

1. Create you word you want to letterpress. In my case Letterpress (original, I know!)

letterpress lettering type

2. Add a INNER SHADOW to the text layer.
Blend mode needs to be MULTIPLY at 50% Black.
Angle 90.
Distance 2px and Size 4px

letterpress inner shadow settings

3. Now add a DROP SHADOW to the same text layer with the settings:
Blend mode set to NORMAL at 28% white.
Angle 90.
Distance 1px and Size 2px.

letterpress drop shadow settings

4. Last thing to do is add a GRADIENT OVERLAY to again the same text layer.
Blend mode NORMAL at 78% Opacity.
Set the GRADIENT from Black to Dark Grey.
Style to Linear, which it should be set to by default.
Angle 90 and Scale 100%.

letterpress gradient overlay settings

And hopefully you should end up with something like this!

letterpress final image psd

 

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Collection of 10 Free High-quality Blurred Backgrounds

September 2, 2013 by admin 5 Comments

Here are a collection of mediocre photos from my collection run through a blur filter in Photoshop CS6 to create some really nice background which look great as the main hero image or background in a website design. I have included below the Photoshop Action with the blur settings. Hopefully it will work.

Download: photoshop-action.zip

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5 Free High Resolution Pixelated Background Wallpaper Textures

July 25, 2013 by admin 3 Comments

Pixel background wallpaper texture

Today’s freebie is 5 pixelated background wallpapers. Each of these was produced using a fantastic Photoshop action plugin called Pixelator by SparkleStock. Really easy to use and comes with 100+ actions to create a variety of different pixelated patterns using your own photos. You can purchase it from their shop over at Creative Market for only a few dollars.

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Free Folded Paper Background Vector

April 25, 2013 by admin 1 Comment

Folded Paper Background Vector

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Ian Barnard Hello, my name is Ian. I'm a hand lettering artist based in the UK. This is freebie blog, where I post files that hopefully will help you with your design work. Enjoy!

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